TRN vs. AGCO, TTC, OSK, FSS, TEX, ALG, LNN, GBX, ASTE, and PLOW
Should you be buying Trinity Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trinity Industries include AGCO (AGCO), Toro (TTC), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), Alamo Group (ALG), Lindsay (LNN), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Astec Industries (ASTE), and Douglas Dynamics (PLOW). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Trinity Industries vs.
Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) and AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, AGCO had 18 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for AGCO and 4 mentions for Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat AGCO's score of 1.12 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trinity Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AGCO. AGCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of AGCO shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of AGCO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Trinity Industries has a net margin of 4.49% compared to AGCO's net margin of -3.64%. AGCO's return on equity of 13.40% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.
Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGCO has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trinity Industries currently has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.28%. AGCO has a consensus price target of $103.30, indicating a potential upside of 0.74%. Given Trinity Industries' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Trinity Industries is more favorable than AGCO.
Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Trinity Industries pays out 74.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AGCO pays out -14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Trinity Industries has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and AGCO has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Trinity Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
AGCO received 70 more outperform votes than Trinity Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.83% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote while only 51.09% of users gave AGCO an outperform vote.
Summary
Trinity Industries beats AGCO on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TRN) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff